Sentences with phrase «spent each year by»

Cockscomb was the idea of Alan Rabinowitz, an American zoologist who spent years by himself deep in the Belizean jungles, charting the behavior of the jaguar for the New York Zoological Society.

As CapCon's Jimmy Vielkind noted in this morning's TU, opponents to governor's proposed funding cuts are being out - spent this year by the pro-Cuomo, business - backed Committee to Save NY — in no small part because the sizable ad coffers of 1199 and GNYHA are closed to them.

A report published today by the Commons» public accounts committee makes the claim as it analyses the # 8 billion spent every year by the NHS on prescription drugs.

That $ 500,000 call offers only a clue about how lobbyists affect the billions of dollars spent each year by state agencies and their little - known relatives, the state authorities.

And by 2005, over 1.5 trillion dollars was spent a year by those suffering.

A modern conservative columnist, Kate O'Beirne, writing in the National Review, has questioned the value of food stamps, school breakfasts and lunches, and the WIC programs (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): «With rates of excess weight and obesity highest among low - income households, budget officials should be asking themselves why tens of billions of dollars are being spent each year by federal nutrition programs aimed at boosting food consumption by the poor.»

This means that $ 6,658 is spent each year by average households on paying off the interest of their debts.

Not exact matches

He spent five of those years in Silicon Valley where he became inspired by the fast pace of successful startups.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the combination of tax increases and spending cuts could trim economic growth this year by about 1.5 percentage points.

Measuring GDP is a bit complicated but the calculation can be done in one of two ways — by adding up what everyone earned in a year, or by adding up what everyone spent.

Still, we're in the fifth year of a very weak recovery in which small businesses have been hit hard by tight credit markets, slow sales and limited spending.

González Franch has run AI alongside CEO Tomas Bello Garza for almost 30 years, and by their own admission the broader well - being of their 4,000 employees wasn't something they'd spent a lot of time thinking about.

By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 % in 2015, the lowest growth rate in years.

The government did pledge $ 47 billion to infrastructure spending over the next 10 years and extended the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufactures — a tax relief program for investments in new machinery and equipment — by two years, which means stock holders could get a boost if public companies are able to take advantage of this spending and savings.

According to a report published by Business Insider, ad spend for social media this year is expected to surpass $ 8.5 billion.

Assuming that other sites car brands advertise on are plagued by a similar rate of fraudulent web traffic, Solve Media calculated car companies would waste $ 541 million out of the $ 2.5 billion eMarketer estimates the auto industry will spend this year on digital branding in the U.S.

Big commodities players, hit hard by falling prices in recent years, are also eagerly awaiting Belt and Road, since so much of the early spending will flow toward raw materials.

After adjusting for rebates and other discounts offered by pharmaceutical companies, spending totaled $ 309.5 billion, 8.5 % higher than the previous year.

MUMBAI, April 19 - India's Tata Consultancy Services Ltd expects a rebound in spending by its key banking, financial services and insurance clients this financial year, it said on Monday, as it posted its biggest - ever profit, helped by deal wins.

As part of the deal, which still needs approval from Congress, Saudi Arabia «expressed its intent» to spend $ 28 billion on defense technologies and programs by Lockheed Martin, which estimated the deal would support 18,000 jobs in the U.S. over 30 years — a figure that falls dramatically below Trump's estimate.

That would translate into an additional $ 190 spent on fuel by the average U.S. household this year compared to last, the agency said.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

He shares the consensus view that the 30 - year bull market in bonds is now spent and recommends buying floating - rate notes issued by corporations that reset their coupon according to market rates every three or six months.

If you spread the spending impact over your entire retirement, you would need to cut your spending back by about $ 520 per year in today's dollars.

If rates rise across the board by one percentage point, it would amount to about $ 91 billion a year in extra income and thus extra spending money for these people and businesses.

«The fact that you have a bankruptcy where the only asset that it owns goes up by 5,000 %, that's pretty unprecedented,» says Daniel Kelman, a lawyer and Mt. Gox creditor who spent a year in Tokyo working on the case.

Future spending cuts will include additional pension cuts and tax increases for Greeks, already hit by seven years of harsh cuts.

So while some of the elderly self - employed will be motivated by paying their bills, others may have decided to spend the years they have left working for themselves rather than for others.

Even next year, when I won't get the welcome bonus, I'll still be ahead by at least $ 500 — assuming I keep the card — plus whatever I earn in rewards from spending.

The Liberals produced a modest $ 600 - million surplus in 2017 - 18, but it will be quickly replaced by a total of $ 31.9 - billion in deficit spending over the following six years.

Royal Dutch / Shell and BP on Tuesday joined peers in reporting higher than expected earnings by making further deep cuts in spending to cope with an oil price downturn now in its third year.

The arrival of a clutch of new international brands in coming years has the potential to rejuvenate the city retail sector, which has been hit by softer spending and the extended shopping hours at suburban centres.

Last year, a study commissioned by Larato found, «Salespeople spend 11 % of their time traveling.»

The February federal budget deal, meanwhile, hikes outlays in both of the two categories of «discretionary» spending, defense and federal programs from foreign aid to housing subsidies, by an unprecedented 12 %, or $ 150 billion a year in 2018 and 2019.

The high - powered jetpack was 40 years in the making, the culmination of millions of dollars spent and decades of trial and error by Mayman and his business partner, Nelson Tyler.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

The talks were delivered by the staff of DigitalMarketer, a company that spends all year putting its sales ideas into practice before spending three days telling other people what they've learned.

About 30 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs spent the first few years of their careers developing a strong foundation in finance, according to a study by consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles.

The company spent the past year heavily investing in their mobile strategy by offering text updates via their mobile app and hiring thousands of additional delivery drivers.

I experienced this from the other side during the two years I spent at Conde Nast Portfolio, when the great Graydon Carter made it his mission to render Vanity Fair's new sister title irrelevant by publishing the best longform business journalism in town, even if that meant hiring away Portfolio's writers, like Michael Lewis.

According to a new study, by the end of this year, digital interactions will influence 64 cents of every dollar spent in retail stores.

A recent forecast by the Conference Board of Canada suggests that indebted households will restrain spending over the next few years, contributing to slow economic growth.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

«Cash flow after organic investments increased to $ 2.8 billion, up by more than 50 percent from a year ago, thanks to good operational performance and continued spending discipline,» added Pouyanne.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

Apple's Washington spending was $ 720,000, a pittance by major corporations» standards, but a noticeable bump up from $ 500,000 last year.

The government could still hit their surplus if they so chose, by deferring planned spending into future years.

Many merchants have spent years developing their own in - house systems, which differ in format from the system adopted by Apple and the payment networks.

Weddings Budgets for a walk down the aisle are tight this year, according to an Arizona - based research firm the Wedding Report, which found the average amount couples spent on their dream wedding decreased by at least 10 % in 2009.

According to a study released by Battelle Memorial Institute, Research and Development (R&D) spending in China this year is likely to reach $ 284 billion, up 22 percent from 2012.